Re: [Evolution-hackers] "Edit As New Message"



On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 14:57 -0400, William Jon McCann wrote:
> Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > the rationale is:
> > 
> > - if it's not sent by you, then you shouldn't be editing it
> 
> What is your reasoning?

do you edit magazine articles you get in the mail? no.

if you didn't write it, it's not yours to edit.

> 
> > - evolution's composer is not capable of handling all mime structures
> > (it's an impossible task)
> > 
> > also, there exists an option Actions->Forward->Redirect for at least
> > some of the needs you brought up.
> > 
> > a possible work-around for your "I store my sent mail and/or templates
> > in other fodlers sometimes" could be to tag them with the \Drafts flag
> > and have Evolution check that rather than simply limiting to Sent/Drafts
> > folders for "Edit as New" functionality.
> 
> Another thing that I've seen many people using "Edit as New" for is 
> saving messages after removing large attachments.  Is there another way 
> to do this?

this is no reason to change the behaviour of Edit-as-New

> 
> Jon
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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc.
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